I've listned to the new Jack Johnson album about 4-5 times thru now and really love it. Today was the first day I have listened to it from start to finish in one setting on my m80s with no distractions. Very well recorded IMO. I would say this is my new fav Jack Johnson cd, and I'm glad to hear something a little more up beat compared to his last album. It is very short (maybe 45 min from start to finish) but seems just right. There are a couple of slow songs but overall the album is much more upbeat than the sleep thru the static album for sure.

I picked it up the other day and am not in love with it yet. I agree that it seems well recorded (isn't it a pity that with the available technology, this is even discussed?), though I've only heard it on my Mackies and not yet on the Axioms.

It just seems like there's no track, excepting maybe the first, that grabs me. I plan on listening more carefully on the Axioms, though!

I wasn't sure what I thought about half way thru the first time, but after the second listen I liked it a lot.

I don't see myself listening to it over and over forever, but its pretty good. I tend to listen to a new CD from artists I like several times when it first comes out, and then just revisit it occasionally.

I agree that the new STP album is very good. I was pleasantly surprised, in fact. I'm a big fan of theirs, but wasn't expecting much from them on the new album.

Weiland is a weird dude. STP was on Howard Stern not long ago, and it was clear Weiland's weirdness is not an act. It is hard to know what to expect from him on any given night. I've seen them three times, and liked all three shows, but for two of them they started pretty late (which was annoying because both were festivals and it ended up cutting their sets short).

I finally got a real car stereo and have been listening to a lot of Aural Vampire and other Japanese bands. Getting strange looks from others when stopped at intersections. Though my carpool bud has already gotten a little tired of that stuff so I told her she could play anything but country westerns and rap in my car.